Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Master of Arts (MA)

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Program overview

This program has three streams - applied linguistics, literature and/or film studies, and transcultural studies. Students in each stream enjoy personal attention and interaction with professors with far-reaching subject-area expertise who embrace a range of theoretical approaches. The applied linguistics stream focuses on language acquisition, language learning and teaching, and sociolinguistics. Students may choose to undertake experimental studies in any of these areas. The focal languages for applied linguistics are French, Chinese, German and Spanish. The stream in literature and film studies offers students an opportunity to delve into the study of literary and cinematic productions in French, German and Spanish. Students will acquire theoretical and critical expertise in their chosen field of study. The stream in transcultural studies, the only one offered in Canada, examines the inner differentiation and complexity of cultures from the geographic areas where French, Arabic, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish are spoken. This program has an interdisciplinary emphasis, and students acquire a high degree of cultural literacy. All of these streams will provide students with a broad set of advanced research and communication skills, specialized knowledge, and enhanced language proficiency.

Specializations

French

Spanish

Outcomes and next steps

Graduates will be prepared for a profession in the post-secondary sector, cultural organizations, education, finance, government services, immigration, public relations, publishing, translation and interpretation, tourism and travel, advertising, or communications and media.

A course-based master’s degree in languages, literature and culture is usually considered a final degree.

Completion requirements

Core courses

Students will take a required course on Additional Language Pedagogy, and a research methods course on Applied Linguistics or Literary and Cultural Theory.

Capstone essay and exam

Students complete a written essay of approximately 20 pages to form the basis of rthe Capstone Examination.

Knowledge area requirements

French and Spanish MA students must complete knowledge area requirements that may include medieval and early modern literature and culture, modern and contemporary literature and culture and more.

Admission requirements and information

Requirements for the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Program

GPA

A minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the undergraduate degree.

Minimum education

A four year baccalaureate degree or equivalent from a recognized institution, with adequate academic background in one of the fields of modern languages, linguistics, literary, film or cultural studies or another closely related field.

Work samples

An academic writing sample (of approximately 8­15 pages): a term paper, research paper or other writing, which the applicant considers representative of his or her best work.

Language

A sufficiently high level of oral and written competence in the target language (a recommended minimum of CEFR level B2, ACTFL Intermediate ­High, or equivalent.

Documents

A Statement of intent: 250 ­word (minimum) statement of research interest including research topic and the reasons for wishing to pursue graduate work in this program.

Reference letter

Two

Test scores

None

English language proficiency

An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in one of the following ways:

TOEFL score of 86 with no section less than 20 (Internet-based) or 560 (paper-based). Our institution code is 0813.

Tuition fees and funding

All graduate students must pay general fees each year, as well as program fees.

Fees

Estimate for full-time students

Canadian andpermanent resident

Internationalstudent

General
fees

For 12 months of study

$1,758 CAD

$1,758 CAD

Tuition fees

For program completion in 12 months

$7,140 CAD

$16,220 CAD

Total fees

For program completion in 12 months

$8,898 CAD

$17,978 CAD

General fees and tuition

General fees are annual and per-term fees. Annual fees are paid once per year, while per-term are paid each term (3 terms per year).

Tuition covers standard academic costs. Tuition shown is for full course completion of 10 courses. Domestic students pay $714 per course. International students pay $1,622 per course. Textbooks and other material costs are not included.

What are annual continuing fees?

Continuing fees do not apply to this program.

Funding availability

Funding is not available for this program.

Fees listed here are estimates only, and have been rounded to the nearest dollar. These amounts should not be considered accurate. All amounts are in Canadian Dollars.
Fees are subject to change.
For more details and the most accurate information go to the Academic Calendar
For more general information, see our Fees and Funding Guide